Tekken 8

[XERO]

I've been in and out of this game lately. Got burnt out and it's costing me Rank promotions. Haha. Anyway here's one of my online sets.

[Iroh]

I saw the Heihachi trailer yesterday. LMAO! I knew that dude wasn't dead. BandaiNamco is struggling hard to keep this goofy game afloat. Now, Heihachi has a new scar on his chest combined from the one he received in Tekken 3. The new scar makes the kanji for "flame" in Japanese. It's hilarious. Everyone went back to SF6 when Gouki was released. Now, Terry Bogard is here and Tekken has become desolate. Harada is trying his best to earn more beer money for his struggling bar in Ebisu.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Iroh

BandaiNamco is struggling hard to keep this goofy game afloat.

All they have to do is give people what they want. Where is Lei Wulong?

[XERO]

I'm still waiting for Forest Law, myself.

[Andrew NDB]

This whole latest wave of fighting games is lame. Street Fighter 6 isn't different enough from 5 to justify itself beyond the story mode, and is even missing big things from 5 that made 5 more enjoyable. Same exact story with Mortal Kombat 1 from Mortal Kombat 11. Tekken 8 is the only one that LOOKS way better than the previous installment, but it's missing almost everybody I enjoy playing as in Tekken since forever and them adding more fighters to the roster is happening at a snail's pace.

[Iroh]

Originally Posted by XERO

I'm still waiting for Forest Law, myself.

Nooooo! We don't need another clone of Bruce Lee. Bruce Irvin should've came back.

[XERO]

Originally Posted by Iroh

Nooooo! We don't need another clone of Bruce Lee. Bruce Irvin should've came back.

Compared to the Mishima Clan fighters? Might as well be called the Wayans.

Another Bruce Lee fighter isn't asking too much. There's literally only 2 of them.

[Iroh]

I understand. I guess Armor King should make a return then since we're talking about clones. His moves are stronger than King after all.

[Coola Yagami]

Also the latest Evo news announced that Lidia Sobieska is available now and Heihachi Mishima is coming up next. The ****er is back just like Bison.

[Iroh]

Yup. Anything is possible now. Gon might make his debut next year. LMAO!

[Andrew NDB]

So I guess Namco did a poll and most people wanted to see Ogre from Tekken 3... but instead of just doing that they created this... thing instead.



And still no Lei Wulong.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

So I guess Namco did a poll and most people wanted to see Ogre from Tekken 3... but instead of just doing that they created this... thing instead.



And still no Lei Wulong.

On the other hand, her having Ogre's powers is a good rival to Zafina who has Azazel's powers.

[Prowler]

I love fighting games but I REALLY hate it how they always do this **** of not bringing back certain popular characters I liked from previous titles to introduce new ones/or make other ones return that often aren't as cool.

Capcom really abused this with Street Fighter III. And even by the end of the game's life, with 3rd Strike out, the only old faces from the series in the game were Ryu, Ken, Akuma and Chun-Li. Chun wasn't in Sf3 until 3S and she's top tier in that game.

In Mortal Kombat 3 vanilla there's no Scorpion. He comes back in UMK3 alongside Reptile and a few others but they didn't bring back Raiden or Johnny Cage for some odd reason. Two iconic characters from the series. No one ****ing played as Sheeva.

[Andrew NDB]

As far as I'm concerned I'm not sure why in 2025 there needs to be "missing" fighters in sequels to fighting games. Or at least just make them DLC right off the bat. You don't want Lei Wulong in the core game but I can spend $15 extra to download him? I won't be happy about that but I'll do it.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

As far as I'm concerned I'm not sure why in 2025 there needs to be "missing" fighters in sequels to fighting games. Or at least just make them DLC right off the bat. You don't want Lei Wulong in the core game but I can spend $15 extra to download him? I won't be happy about that but I'll do it.

Ditto. It was like that in Smash for the Wii U and the 3DS. Fortunately Nintendo were less greedy with Ultimate and no longer forced us to pay for characters that have been in previous entries like Roy. They only force us to pay for character passes that included new fighters. In fact, the whole point of Ultimate is that "EVERYONE IS HERE!"

I'm not even a big Lei Wulong guy, but him not being in Tekken 8 is asinine. He's been a staple of the series since... Tekken 3, at least? And speaking of which, who's Tekken's face/MC? A lot of people assume Jin is... but he only debuted in T3. Before that, Kazuya was the poster boy. Unlike Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Dead or Alive, King of Fighters and Virtua Fighter; Tekken doesn't seem to have a consistent MC...

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

As far as I'm concerned I'm not sure why in 2025 there needs to be "missing" fighters in sequels to fighting games. Or at least just make them DLC right off the bat. You don't want Lei Wulong in the core game but I can spend $15 extra to download him? I won't be happy about that but I'll do it.

I agree, especially if the character is a staple or was already in the previous game.

I know sometimes it's a surprise to bring someone that's been missing for several games, but Lei Wulong is a horrible choice. He's been in every game since Tekken 2, and there is no storyline reason (death/missing) for him not to be on the base roster. Now someone like Bruce or Baek that have been missing for several games, those I get and would be a pleasant surprise for fans.

Another rule should be, if the character was already DLC in the last game, they either don't come back or if they do, they should be base roster. Leroy, Lidia and Fahkurahm were all DLC in Tekken 7, I have no idea why Leroy was base roster but you had to pay again for the other two.

Same for Dead or Alive where Mai, Nyotengu, Momiji, Rachael and Alpha were all paid DLC in DOA5... and then again in DOA6. But somehow the later additions to 5, Marie and Honoka were base roster in 6.

Originally Posted by Prowler

And speaking of which, who's Tekken's face/MC? A lot of people assume Jin is... but he only debuted in T3. Before that, Kazuya was the poster boy. Unlike Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Dead or Alive, King of Fighters and Virtua Fighter; Tekken doesn't seem to have a consistent MC...

When it comes to Tekken it's usually the Mishimas. if we had to chose a face, it would have be Kazuya and Jin since they've been the main characters of most games.

Tekken 1 was Heihachi
Tekken 2 was Kayuza
Tekken 3 was Jin
Tekken 4 also Jin
Tekken 5 also Jin, I know Asuka made her debut but she had almost no involvement in the story
Tekken 6 more Kazuya though it can be argued that it's Kazuya/Jin
Tekken 7- pretty much Heihachi, Kazuya and Jin
Tekken 8- Reina though I'm sure also Kazuya and Jin

[IMJ]

This convo really makes me wish there'd be a Tekken 1-3 remaster package or something like that....

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

When it comes to Tekken it's usually the Mishimas. if we had to chose a face, it would have be Kazuya and Jin since they've been the main characters of most games.

Tekken 1 was Heihachi
Tekken 2 was Kayuza
Tekken 3 was Jin
Tekken 4 also Jin
Tekken 5 also Jin, I know Asuka made her debut but she had almost no involvement in the story
Tekken 6 more Kazuya though it can be argued that it's Kazuya/Jin
Tekken 7- pretty much Heihachi, Kazuya and Jin
Tekken 8- Reina though I'm sure also Kazuya and Jin

And here's who canonically "won" the different King of Iron Fist Tournaments:

T1: Kazuya Mishima.
T2: Heihachi Mishima.
T3: Jin Kazama (defeats Ogre, though Paul Phoenix technically beat Ogre first).
T4: Kazuya Mishima.
T5: Jin Kazama (defeats his grandfather, Jinpachi Mishima).
T6: None (Tournament was canceled due to Jin's disappearance).
T7: None (Tournament was canceled due to Heihachi being declared dead).
T8: None (Tournament was canceled due to an attack from the UN & Yggdrasil).

Originally Posted by IMJ

This convo really makes me wish there'd be a Tekken 1-3 remaster package or something like that....

Tekken All-Stars Vol. 1 (Tekken 1-3 + Tekken Tag 1) + Tekken All-Stars Vol. 2 (Tekken 4-6 + Tekken Tag 2) is the way to go!

[Prowler]

The arcade versions of the first 3 Tekken games are in Tekken 5. That was pretty cool back in 2005 or whenever T5 came out.

But honestly, Tekken is fine and all but it's quite surprising it used to sell so well back in the PS1-PS2 days compared to Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat. I don't think Tekken ever managed to influence pop culture as much as SF and MK have. Everybody can name SF and MK characters and a couple of special moves form those games. You even had the SF car bonus stage making it into a commercial many years ago. Can anyone that's not a gamer name a single Tekken character or special move?

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Tekken All-Stars Vol. 1 (Tekken 1-3 + Tekken Tag 1) + Tekken All-Stars Vol. 2 (Tekken 4-6 + Tekken Tag 2) is the way to go!

Really?
What system was that for?
I'm a recovering "gamer" dude. I saw myself out of it YEARS ago in any meaningful way.